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In trading on Friday, non-precious metals & non-metallic mining shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Universal Stainless & Alloy (USAP), off about 19.1% and shares of Ivanhoe Mines Limited (IVN) off about 4.5% on the day.

Also lagging the market Friday are paper & forest products shares, down on the day by about 2.1% as a group, led down by Universal Forest Products (UFPI), trading lower by about 14.7% and Domtar (UFS), trading lower by about 2.5%.